POD Resources and Access
- 1 Available PODs
- 2 POD access
- 3 POD file systems
- 4 Using POD resources wisely
- 4.1 Memory usage considerations
- 4.2 Computational considerations
- 4.3 Input/Output considerations
- 4.3.1 Avoid heavy I/O load
- 4.3.2 Gauge your program's I/O usage
- 4.3.3 Reduce the I/O priority of your processes
- 4.3.4 Avoid having too many small files
- 4.3.5 Advice for workloads that rapidly read or write many small files
- 4.3.6 Advice for storing directories with a large number of small files
- 4.3.7 Counting files (inodes)
- 4.3.8 Remote transfer files directly to the storage server
- 4.4 Other storage management considerations
- 4.5 About the ZFS POD file system
- 5 Other available POD services
Available PODs
The table below describes the available BRCF PODs, servers and currently available groups. Unless otherwise noted, PODs authenticate using BRCF account credentials initialized by the user in the BRCF account management application (https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu).
Anyone with access to a POD may use any of the available compute servers, regardless of the server names. For example, both Georgiou and WCAAR users can access wcarcomp01 and wcarcomp02, and both Lambowitz and CCBB users can access lambcomp02 and ccbbcomp02.
POD name | Description | BRCF delegates | Compute servers | Storage server | Unix Groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMD GPU pod | Pod with GPU resources available for instructional and qualifying research use Note: This pod uses UT EID authentication
| Anna Battenhouse |
| amdgstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Per course and research project. See |
BIC pod | Pod for the Biomedical Imaging Core facility in the CBRS | Cici Cumba | bicfcomp01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| bicfstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| BIC |
CBRS pod | Shared pod for CBRS core facilities | Anna Battenhouse |
| cbrsstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| BCG, CBRS_BIC, CBRS_CryoEM, CBRS_microscopy, CBRS_org, CBRS_proteomics |
Chen/ Wallingford pod | Shared pod for members of the Jeffrey Chen, John Wallingford and Doran Raccah labs |
|
| chenstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Chen, Raccah, Wallingford |
Dickinson/ Cambronne pod | Shared pod for members of the Dan Dickinson and Lulu Cambronne labs |
|
| djdistor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Dickinson, Cambronne |
Educational (EDU) pod | Dedicated instructional pod Note: This pod uses UT EID authentication | Course instructors. |
| educstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Per course. See The Educational PODs |
Georgiou/ WCAAR pod | Shared pod for members of the Georgiou lab and the Waggoner Center for Alcoholism & Addiction Research (WCAAR) |
|
| georstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Georgiou, WCAAR, FRI-BigDataBio |
GSAF pod | Shared pod for use by GSAF customers. 2TB Work area allocation available for participating groups. Contact Anna Battenhouse for more information. |
|
| gsafstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| GSAF customer groups: GSAF internal & instructional groups: |
Hopefog (Ellington) pod | Shared pod for Ellington & Marcotte lab |
|
| hfogstor01.ccbb.utexas.edu
| Ellington, Marcotte, Wilke |